What pisses me off is that if you show the police exactly where your phone is in real time, they don't care...but if you go a get your phone, you're a vigilante.
It depends. It happened to my friend. The cops showed up at the theifs door and returned the phone. Not all departments what to get involved in this due to the amount of calls they get.
you go to where the phone is at and call the police, tell them the person inside the house stole your phone.. sit and wait inside your car for them to come
I remember a photo of a woman's bruised and battered face showing up as the most recent photo on my mother's phone years ago. We noticed it down in the corner of the camera app while taking pictures, but when we clicked it to see what the heck it was, it was no longer in the photo gallery. It was a pretty unsettling experience...
I wish people would learn that nobody "truly" care's about what's going on in your life outside of you. Unless you have a massive following and a large group of fan's who care. And it's nothing but an annoyance to see 1000's of phone's with the light's on at concerts now. That one of the main reason I quit going tbh. Everyone thinks there the main character now. When truthfully. Nobody really matters in the end. Just enjoy the moment, Stop trying to record it to enjoy it later.
I feel sorry for the people who had their phones taken from. As for Matt and Brother Orange, I am glad they met and became friends in spite of the circumstances.I just know they’ll have a strong bond for life. As Spill said, not all phone theft stories end in friendship. If they made a movie about this, I’d watch.
I was an Uber driver a few years back. I once picked up an older aged, little Asian guy in Baltimore City and drive him out to the county. The whole time he was explaining to me that his job was to pay young thugs for the Iphones that they stole and he resells them to the person that he delivers them to. He was paying them hundreds for the phone and he was getting an excellent return. He even told me about how he was set up for a robbery. Being an Uber driver was fabulous!!!
If you HAVE to keep your phone in your pocket, splurge on pants that have deep FRONT pockets, preferably also form fitting (if that makes sense lol) so the phone stays snug. Yes its annoying to fish for your phone but its more annoying to lose a phone
Or get those small sling bags that you could swing to the front and it’s close to your armpit area they’re not bulky whatsoever unless you prefer the bulky look lol those are available as well.. those are great for traveling too to put your passport etc in.. some people I know would use that or those phone strap/lanyard things.. never put your valuables in your pocket or easily target bags when you travel or going to crowded area etc
They don't care....all they care about is getting a new phone. FB marketplace is full of stolen phones. There are some still in the boxes sealed and all but hello no warranty no receipt. One guy said 'unwanted gift' and he's selling at half the price. C'mo gimme a break.
And trade them to the manufactor for a discount in a newer phone. The only one who did anything wrong or can be proven to have done something wrong is the actual thief who stole the phone from the owner to begin with.
I saw on the news of multiple people showing up at some guys house when their stolen devices were found at his location but he said it was a glitch and he didn’t have the stolen phones. That should be another story to investigate.
I call bs!!! Those gps devices are sm extremely scary accurate. They know when ur laying down, which way youre facing, they know the exact spot in the house your phone is as well
I had my phone stolen last March I tracked it to a local house and gave that information to police but they said “find my” data isn’t accurate enough for them to go knocking on doors. My phone then was tracked to the airport and then last tracked in Bulgaria last August before it disappeared forever, I’m assuming it was stripped for parts not long after that. So for that guy it could be the stolen phones are in a neighbouring house.
I'm here due to a neighbor finding a phone in an uber; he held it for days, owner turns up today and they were ecstatic it wasn't sold nor thrown.. A good ending for tourist and makes me adore my neighbor even more.. However, we're still surrounded by a heartless community most of the time.. ..all for a buck..
It’s a horrible experience losing your phone and worse if someone steals it. My phone was stolen in London (came to know later that the city is known for such crimes) and later sent to Dubai and from there ended up in shenzhen, china. Beware of your belongings in the UK, it is stated that over 90,000/- phones are stolen per annum and this number increases yearly as the police do not help at all. In my experience, the police completely ignored my complaints and took no action to help recover the phone even after I consistently informed them about the whole incident being on cctv cameras and since the thief was a Romanian begging lady in that area, it should’ve been a very easy recovery had they taken interest. It’s unfortunate that London police don’t bother to help with such crimes and indirectly this encourages theft as the thieves know that no action will be taken for such crimes. Extremely Disappointing.
Naa... thieves don't know whT kind of phone you have until they stole it... if they took it from your bag, pockets...etc...etc... they already stole it ... doesn't matter if you have a $20.00 phone or a $1,000 phone.... they gonna steal it and figure out what kind you have later in the day.
Dude this is literally a conversation my brother and I were discussing last night. A few years back at spring awakening my friend and a bunch of others got they’re phones stolen and they were all tracked back to the same factory in China
Leave your phone at home, when you go at a festival, club, etc. Try this at least once or twice. Just go old school. Who knows, you might enjoy being phone-free.
That is a horrible idea. A phone can be a lifeline. If you need to call anyone, navigate using maps, get an Uber home, defend yourself from people on the street who target people who look like they don't have anyone to help. Horrible horrible idea. Especially for people going out drinking at festivals.
@@Dasha-vs2jl this is why burner phones exist as long as you remember someone's number and you let them know ahead of time you might call them your good
@@Dasha-vs2jl phones are really convenient, but remember humanity lived without them for dozens of thousands of years, maybe you can try do do without them for some hours. Your life is more than this frail object and it will lift some weight off of your fear to know you can do without it. None addiction is ever a good thing. You might miss it, but it's good to experience lack (of anything) and cope with it, we humans are incomplete by nature and I swear you can bring peace to yourself by accepting it. Now I sound like a guru or something xD
@@Dasha-vs2jl then go bring it to the overcrowded festival and risk your iphone or any android-type phone stolen. you're not gonna get signal there anyways. so what's the point in bringing it again?
At concerts I like to use jackets with pockets inside, i zip it up and that way I’d feel if anyone was trying to take anything. A lot harder to steal when they gotta feel you up for it
THAT is why I have an Android! 🤣 Nah but seriously I know it can happen to anyone and any phone. I was grocery shopping and listening to the music on my phone. I don't know if it fell out of my pocket or someone grabbed it but when I went to pay for my food, my phone was gone. I used my husband's phone to call it, turn on and off my music, just anything to find it and some woman picked it up and asked this random guy who was in the lane near me if it was his. THANKFULLY I was facing that way and saw him put it in his back pocket. I snatched it right out and told him he should have given it to an employee there; that he was disgusting and shameful for trying to steal someone else's property. Made me not want to go back to that location again. I have severe social anxiety and paranoia and he made it seem like I will always be robbed there. I know it's not logical but my body is still saying it will happen.
If I find a phone like at the gym or restaurant, I make sure to give it back to a manager for safe keeping. Its the right thing to do. Would want someone to do the same if they found my phone.
I stay in South Africa. Here it is even a bigger problem. We hardly take our phones out. If you have a call you go into a store or safe place to answer it, or just wait until you are home and contact them back. As soon as you put your phone down or use it in public it's bound to be grabbed.
@@kltil5082 In the case of shenzen it's a tossup on if its stolen parts or not, but usually it's stolen. That might have been the only place for the guy to get a phone used for an affordable price sadly.
Yeah my mom always told me: “put your precious things behind a zipper in front of you!!!!” She meant like a pocket or a bag with a zipper and not on your backside, i also never lost anything because of that
I just noticed that my iPad had the feature of adding a trusted friend to help get back into or find your device.. now I completely understand why.. so glad that apple is stepping its game up to helping keep people from getting into your stolen device, but at the same time these hackers are also coming up with new ways to get around these features.. it’s honestly very sad with the way the world is now..
As someone with inside info, I can assure you Apple is collusion with the fraudsters. A lot of the employees are in on it. It's a billion dollar industry. All these tech guys making 6 figures on paper, is making a lot more than that.
I wonder what money the thieves get. After all phones are cheaper in china. It must be a small amount they(US theives) get paid unless these chinese dealers are getting bulk deals. I just don't get it.
@@redwavetheinkling4640 I know it can because I've done it before. Just about any persistent data storage can be recovered. Once you understand how it erases it you can reverse it. I might lose a little data on the end but in phones it's even less than a hard drive wipe that rewrites zeros. It's often just a quick register shift to clear the initialization parameters for the hardware.
@@redwavetheinkling4640 actually it doesn't erase everything, a slightly technical inclined person can retrieve 90% of the data which was stored on the phone, I have once done it after accidentally deleting all the photos of my trip..well there's a solution for this, there are apps that overwrite the data after you format your phone so that your old data is completely erased and even if someone tries to retrieve it, they find gibberish overwritten data by the that app
Had my phone stolen in London on the first day of my trip. Knew where it is because of tracking, but police didnt do anything. Needless to say it ruined my trip
who told you to visit criminal and thief country?you didn't know that British have a stolen market?it's called muesium,stolen property from all over the world,a thief country...
I was born in Shenzhen China, actually heading back for summer break. I know nobody wanted anyone to be hurt, but it kind of does. Seeing your favorite place in the entire world being the theft of more than 100 iphones.
You are not responsible for this happening. I know it’s disheartening. I’m sure the good Nigerians are just as disturbed by the scammers in there country.😢 We don’t want to think the place where we were born as anything other than perfect💔
Shenzhen is the city to buy stolen goods, I saw another video from another TH-camr showing Shenzhen as the "tech hub" all crooks from china. smh... now i know the tech hub is nothing but stolen electronics from other places.
Holy smokes, I was literally talking to a friend of mine yesterday about how my phone was stolen back in 2015. I was studying abroad in Thailand and was renting a home. For my birthday, my parents and came and visited. The night before my birthday, someone had broken, and stolen both mine and my parents phones. My dad and I had a Samsung and my mom had a iPhone. Somehow the individual who had stolen our phone had turned off the "Find My" on my mom's phone. Since we reported our phones stolen, my parents were able to get new phones as well get a SIM with the same numbers. I decided to get a new number with a new phone (as only my friends and parents had my old number). But this is where it gets weird, once every few months, my parents and I would get phone calls from my old phone (as my parents "technically" had the same number). Whenever we would answer the phone, we could hear people talking in Thai (and in some instances we could hear other asian languages being spoken). After almost about 6-8 months, the phone calls stoped all together. Fast forward to 2018, my parents and I decided to make a trip back to Thailand for the holidays, we were surprised to get another call again, and the same thing would occur. No one would answer us, but we could hear people talking in the background.
We all walk around casually carrying a cell worth $500+ avg everywhere we go. We stuff it in back pockets, side pockets of purses, on seat/chair or table we’re sitting. I’m surprised I don’t hear about it happening more often around me with my family & friends.
Bro, what if you’re an artist and you’ve been taking pictures so that you can remember exactly what something you wanted to draw looks like? My memory isn’t reliable when I’m drawing backgrounds or objects 😭
This is why I never use my phone to pay in shops, never save passwords to sites that involve payments and generally never leave my phone in a backpocket or out of sight.
Someone just stole my phone from EDC. First time went there...Confusion is like you cant even order uber or find friends if you by yourself at the moment
Would the police be more interested in locating a robber? I can see why a stolen phone is not worth the effort. But catching someone who is a thread to other’s lives always is.
keep posting where your phone went,the thief will keep on stealing your phone,a circle is what you get,next time don't try to catch the thief instead try to find out where does your fon goes around..😂😂😂😂😂
I still have my flip phone with no internet or smart screen. I dropped it in the store and went back and it was still on the floor. No even housekeeping want to touch it.
1. Unless you dump/backup your photos, files etc at least once a year to an external hard drive lol. 2. "This lady picketing pocketing me yesterday" haha! 🤣
I'm amazed at how many people (mainly women) walk about with their phones poking out of their back pocket. They might as well put a label on it saying "steal me".
I tried this on an iPhone that was iCloud (Activation) Locked. Putting it through recovery and even reinstalling iOS does nothing because it’s all server side. The phone’s serial number is essentially blacklisted until the original owner lifts the lock.
@@Iridiumcosmos still, there are inside people in Apple or in law enforcement that can, for a fee, unlock the stolen phone for a new owner. It's not impossible. I've seen software that is used to do this, mostly for forensics.
I feel bad remembering my stolen Samsung S8+ which i used for only 2 Months it was newly released at that time… A few days later I saw on find my Phone app that my phone is currently in Algeria, my heart dropped. And I remember I pass through a group that could be originally from there when I lost it. Ever since then I have a hard time trusting people from that region and been extra careful when around them. I kinda feel bad feeling this way around them but I always tie it to this incident. It was devastating because it had an SD Card with all the photos and memories I took transferred from my old phones.
honestly with all these people holding their phones up at concerts im surprised people are not just getting them out of their hands then disappearing into the crowd
No clue why this wasn't mentioned- but ALL of the software attacks used to override IOS on stolen phones is prevented with lockdown mode. Lockdown mode prevents computers from talking to the phone parts meaning the motherboard and touch sensor - both items wanted - become useless. (they attempt software overrides to retain use of motherboard) You won't get your phone back but they won't get as much use out of it. Devices are stolen for their motherboards, batteries and touch sensor. Motherboard and Touch ID becomes useless once lock-down is on.
There's no point of buying a £1000 phone, when all these phones do the same thing, my phone costs £99 brand-new and I've never failed to do anything with it.
I hope you're ok now. It's terrible some family does that to each other. Some people have their lives on their phones. There's a video of a grandma cooking her grandkid's big pet fish. I think those things stealing, even from family. Family needs respect and boundaries too. Otherwise they break up for want of freedom.
i mean it doesnt matter if you have find my iphone because police wont track it down even if its in the thiefs home as its 'not a reliable source'. that happened to us on two seperate occasions over the year and they refused to go get it because it wasnt enough evidence lol
Yeah I've been telling people that whenever it happens at festivals cuz it's so common it'll help you find your phone but the police won't do anything about it even if you show them to their face where your phone is. You pretty much have to go get it yourself or provide more evidence which is ridiculous. Pretty much a useless feature if your phone gets stolen. It's essentially only if you lose your phone
In the 90's I lost TWO bicycles in one week. Reported to the police (just for information) but a couple of years later police discovered a wide theft net all leading back to the same repair shop. He paid well for parts.
Just make sure your phone is backed up on the cloud and get insurance. It's not like a diary, you can get back every photo and bit of information to put on a new phone. Also, there is no freaking fate.
@@mrpickles-hb6zx it's not victim blaming if you're being a pickpocket victim, you share blame 50/50 for not securing your stuff. If you're being mugged with a weapon it's a different story, not much you could do. Imagine throwing "victim blaming" around, as if it absolves the responsibility of avoiding avoidable situations.
@faucon.t Semantics. Does it even matter after the fact? So per that example, what would you prefer, they remain ignorant, and be pickpocketed again, or...? Their wallet, their choice, after all, but in my opinion they should at least be aware of the possibility, and of the fact they could have prevented that outcome by making a sensible choice.
I took a different approach, I cut my relationship with my phone. If someone took my phone I would not even bother chasing them. I do not care if my phone gets stolen. Never buy the newest model. Do not keep things on your phone only. Go buy a notebook and copy down numbers you need. Stop with the pictures. Get rid of social media. Turn it off every night. Your anxiety level will go way down.
The thing is many people have their social IDs and other important info like bank accounts and other things in their phone, so a phone theft is more concerning for them simply because someone could use their own info to do bad things that would make them look bad to the bystanders
@@sujeewarathnaweera if you turn it off every night you typically will not: reach for it if you wake in the night, reach for it the second you wake, hear and bings or notification messages if someone texts you etc.. all that will help bring anxiety down. It help you relax more
@@redfo3009 I love my iPhone & I’m definitely not ready to live w/o it, but I DO keep the ringer & all alerts permanently muted. Lowers my anxiety level, because it stops me from feeling like I need to immediately jump up & respond to calls & texts, so instead, I just get to them when I get to them. I’m probably the only person I know who silences their phone like this, but I swear, it’s life changing!
My mom's phone got stolen in a mall at Vancouver not even an hour after getting a call from her. Then the person who took it back to there apartment, a week later it went to China, and about a month later it was back in the same area of the apartment. Cops would definitely not help if your phone was stolen cuz they don't want to go around a general area to look for something that they have no idea would be yours.
where your phone goes after stolen is not important for you,educated your country and make your country free from criminal and thief and the problem will be solve.
The whole black market phone thing sucks - just another reason for me not to waste money on an iphone...but the Matt and Brother Orange story is the best thing I've heard in years. I love it. 😊😊
wow.. if i was in Matt's position, I'd either marry or wants to stay with them haha xD This is inspirational but also informative on Whats going on in China and how normal folks information and other valuables are running rampant for hackers out there... This makes me wanna change every password now lol
Living in a third world gave me a perk. Being watchful & guarding my phone in crowded place is a default and i do it subconsciously. We learn to value it more, not only for the saved memories, but its gonna cost us months of salary to afford a new iphone
My phone is holstered in a belt loop on my hip and I never go to crowded venues. If a thief somehow still manages to get my phone from me they will end up with my ... flip phone LOL
"Private conversations, personal photos, and years of memories are completely lost." Why don't people that rely so much on their phones enable backups ?
You simply have to use a Linux operating system now... You can't trust big tech with your data anyway... Mobile phones and tablets using Android and Apple's IOS are just spy appliances... You can hang with the crowd and just be wimpy like everyone else... If you haven't learned to be PROACTIVE after all that's happened since 2020, there's no hope for you...peace.
Ellen being perplexed, like taking selfies while buying oranges is mysterious. Because everyone knows going to the bathroom is the best time for selfies.
Prevention shouldn't be the key. Instead, Punishment should be it. Thieves will think twice if they want to risk 10 years in prison for a phone. The current slaps on the wrist are laughable and are no deterrent at all.
My iPhone was stolen out of my house a couple years ago but turns out it was the neighborhood crackhead. 🤷♀️ Story #2- Went to the bathroom and left my phone on the counter. Noticed immediately it was gone, grabbed my friends phone and called it and it rang in some random dude’s pocket. I had it set to flash colors when it rang so not only did I hear it, I SAW it through his pocket! 😂
I would request customs officers to thoroughly check shipments containing phones, iPads, laptops, notepads, and other such electronics and turn on the devices to check if they have been marked stolen and also record imei numbers for the items to be tagged to the sender so atleast the sender can be held accountable if the package includes any device reported stolen.
What pisses me off is that if you show the police exactly where your phone is in real time, they don't care...but if you go a get your phone, you're a vigilante.
It depends. It happened to my friend. The cops showed up at the theifs door and returned the phone. Not all departments what to get involved in this due to the amount of calls they get.
@@siriusjones956 well I dont want to have to work for my hourly wage also but I would get fired if I didnt -_-
Wait u get in trouble getting your own phone back?
@@hafsa_xoxo Yes. You can get in trouble for assault and vigalentism. Once you report it missing, it becomes a police case
you go to where the phone is at and call the police, tell them the person inside the house stole your phone.. sit and wait inside your car for them to come
This is why my father never let us throw away or give away our electronics. He knew that its a security risk.
I still have every computer I've ever owned in my closet all the way back to my pentium 133 I had back in 95
Apple shops and other trusted phones shops will recycle it safely for you.
You can wipe it… then sell it..
My siblings and me always had fun destroying broken phones 🤣 We would do everything to them in our side walk
Also, if your phone or computer is damaged by water but you cannot repair it. You don't have to throw it away, it will dry out in a few months👍
That's actually scary that someone could see all of your personal photos and you don't even realise
It really is. Very scary and very personal. Pictures could've been taken of sensitive information and of people who aren't dressed.
apple and google can
how do they see all your photos?
@@Viewer13128If they have your account that is linked to a database like apple cloud.
You can wipe your phone remotely. Which you should always do if its gets stolen.
I remember a photo of a woman's bruised and battered face showing up as the most recent photo on my mother's phone years ago. We noticed it down in the corner of the camera app while taking pictures, but when we clicked it to see what the heck it was, it was no longer in the photo gallery. It was a pretty unsettling experience...
What kind of iPhone was it
@@oceanexblve884 No clue. They all look the same to me.
Reminds me of a story where a guy got a new phone, and a similar thing but it was a pale face instead or something like that.
Brother Orange and Matt are the only good thing about this story we all know it never ends this wholesomely
Yeah
I can't believe it's been so many years since that happened. I remember seeing it live in 2015 and I REFUSE to believe 8 whole years have passed.
It made me cry. I'm currently bawling. Help
...if not, don't be STEALING!
I wish people would learn that nobody "truly" care's about what's going on in your life outside of you. Unless you have a massive following and a large group of fan's who care. And it's nothing but an annoyance to see 1000's of phone's with the light's on at concerts now. That one of the main reason I quit going tbh. Everyone thinks there the main character now. When truthfully. Nobody really matters in the end. Just enjoy the moment, Stop trying to record it to enjoy it later.
I feel sorry for the people who had their phones taken from. As for Matt and Brother Orange, I am glad they met and became friends in spite of the circumstances.I just know they’ll have a strong bond for life. As Spill said, not all phone theft stories end in friendship. If they made a movie about this, I’d watch.
I was an Uber driver a few years back.
I once picked up an older aged, little Asian guy in Baltimore City and drive him out to the county. The whole time he was explaining to me that his job was to pay young thugs for the Iphones that they stole and he resells them to the person that he delivers them to. He was paying them hundreds for the phone and he was getting an excellent return.
He even told me about how he was set up for a robbery.
Being an Uber driver was fabulous!!!
What happened to the guy?
Please tell me that you called the police on him
Uber drivers are the new taxi cab confessions
I drove a cab for about year. I felt like I was a priest running a confessional on wheels.
@@nicolehegarty4749 Yeaaa that was exactly my question !!!!
Never keep your phone in your back pocket. There are thousand's of cute little bags for both men and women that you can get really cheaply right now.
I've picked up people's phones & wallets that have fallen out of the back pocket before.
Never trust the back pocket...
If you HAVE to keep your phone in your pocket, splurge on pants that have deep FRONT pockets, preferably also form fitting (if that makes sense lol) so the phone stays snug. Yes its annoying to fish for your phone but its more annoying to lose a phone
Or get those small sling bags that you could swing to the front and it’s close to your armpit area they’re not bulky whatsoever unless you prefer the bulky look lol those are available as well.. those are great for traveling too to put your passport etc in.. some people I know would use that or those phone strap/lanyard things.. never put your valuables in your pocket or easily target bags when you travel or going to crowded area etc
Yes and have a pin code for your phone and debit card (you can steal money from contactless cards easily)
Idk why people do that especially women. You're risking being robbed just to look cute. Put it away.
Who would have thought a stolen phone would end in a wholesome friendship.
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The sad thing is people will buy the stolen phones thinking they are refurbished, without even realising that they are stolen.
Facebook Marketplace is so dodgy for that!
They don't care....all they care about is getting a new phone. FB marketplace is full of stolen phones. There are some still in the boxes sealed and all but hello no warranty no receipt. One guy said 'unwanted gift' and he's selling at half the price. C'mo gimme a break.
it sucks tho cuz the stolen phones are typically very cheap and that's how my broke friends got their iphones
a refurbished phone from a pro seller at normal used price is probably legit
And trade them to the manufactor for a discount in a newer phone. The only one who did anything wrong or can be proven to have done something wrong is the actual thief who stole the phone from the owner to begin with.
Ok but the story of the guys was like too wholesome for meeeee
ikr the chinese media and brother orange are so cute
@@sonic6. Chinese media cute? man you have a lot to learn
@@Entropy3ko in this instance in particular.
I saw on the news of multiple people showing up at some guys house when their stolen devices were found at his location but he said it was a glitch and he didn’t have the stolen phones. That should be another story to investigate.
Yeah
I call bs!!! Those gps devices are sm extremely scary accurate. They know when ur laying down, which way youre facing, they know the exact spot in the house your phone is as well
I had my phone stolen last March I tracked it to a local house and gave that information to police but they said “find my” data isn’t accurate enough for them to go knocking on doors. My phone then was tracked to the airport and then last tracked in Bulgaria last August before it disappeared forever, I’m assuming it was stripped for parts not long after that. So for that guy it could be the stolen phones are in a neighbouring house.
@@Helen-sw6ef It was a glitch happening with the find my phone feature.
If the houses are close together, or if the stolen phone is in an apartment building , the police definitely can't be sure exactly where the phone is.
I'm here due to a neighbor finding a phone in an uber; he held it for days, owner turns up today and they were ecstatic it wasn't sold nor thrown..
A good ending for tourist and makes me adore my neighbor even more..
However, we're still surrounded by a heartless community most of the time.. ..all for a buck..
It’s a horrible experience losing your phone and worse if someone steals it. My phone was stolen in London (came to know later that the city is known for such crimes) and later sent to Dubai and from there ended up in shenzhen, china. Beware of your belongings in the UK, it is stated that over 90,000/- phones are stolen per annum and this number increases yearly as the police do not help at all. In my experience, the police completely ignored my complaints and took no action to help recover the phone even after I consistently informed them about the whole incident being on cctv cameras and since the thief was a Romanian begging lady in that area, it should’ve been a very easy recovery had they taken interest. It’s unfortunate that London police don’t bother to help with such crimes and indirectly this encourages theft as the thieves know that no action will be taken for such crimes. Extremely Disappointing.
Mad respect for the man though 👍
*fr*
Remember: the shittier the phone the safier you are (from thieves)
Well, since you feel that way, find someone else to call your mom to pick you up!👀
@@DRUGSTOREMAKEUPDIVA ratio
I have Samsung Android 5.0; 1/2 apps don't work, "incompatible", Google Play says.
Naa... thieves don't know whT kind of phone you have until they stole it... if they took it from your bag, pockets...etc...etc... they already stole it ... doesn't matter if you have a $20.00 phone or a $1,000 phone.... they gonna steal it and figure out what kind you have later in the day.
i still have a TCL
Dude this is literally a conversation my brother and I were discussing last night. A few years back at spring awakening my friend and a bunch of others got they’re phones stolen and they were all tracked back to the same factory in China
I feel bad for y'all. Try to zip lock ur bags of all kinds
Their *
Leave your phone at home, when you go at a festival, club, etc. Try this at least once or twice. Just go old school. Who knows, you might enjoy being phone-free.
That is a horrible idea. A phone can be a lifeline. If you need to call anyone, navigate using maps, get an Uber home, defend yourself from people on the street who target people who look like they don't have anyone to help. Horrible horrible idea. Especially for people going out drinking at festivals.
Or maybe buy a cheap phone that you can always use on festivals etc.
@@Dasha-vs2jl this is why burner phones exist as long as you remember someone's number and you let them know ahead of time you might call them your good
@@Dasha-vs2jl phones are really convenient, but remember humanity lived without them for dozens of thousands of years, maybe you can try do do without them for some hours. Your life is more than this frail object and it will lift some weight off of your fear to know you can do without it. None addiction is ever a good thing.
You might miss it, but it's good to experience lack (of anything) and cope with it, we humans are incomplete by nature and I swear you can bring peace to yourself by accepting it. Now I sound like a guru or something xD
@@Dasha-vs2jl then go bring it to the overcrowded festival and risk your iphone or any android-type phone stolen. you're not gonna get signal there anyways. so what's the point in bringing it again?
Their friendship evolved, and in the in the end, as a final resolution and the ultimate trancedence.. they sung karaoke together!
Why did Matt and Brother Orange’s story have me tearing up?! How wholesome.
Ikr it’s so cute
"writing the same wish on the ribbons of red paper..."
"that they'd remain friends for life."
In this crazy world with constant bad news, it’s nice to see such genuine human connection. So sweet.
seriously brother orange was so grateful to have matt in his life, i'm crying
At concerts I like to use jackets with pockets inside, i zip it up and that way I’d feel if anyone was trying to take anything. A lot harder to steal when they gotta feel you up for it
I like how u worded that “gotta feel you up” 😂 Too funny. But true❤
If a jacket doesn't have inside pockets, it sucks and won't be bought.
How am I supposed to take mdma and wear a jacket though
@@nos4meLol, touche!
THAT is why I have an Android! 🤣 Nah but seriously I know it can happen to anyone and any phone. I was grocery shopping and listening to the music on my phone. I don't know if it fell out of my pocket or someone grabbed it but when I went to pay for my food, my phone was gone. I used my husband's phone to call it, turn on and off my music, just anything to find it and some woman picked it up and asked this random guy who was in the lane near me if it was his. THANKFULLY I was facing that way and saw him put it in his back pocket. I snatched it right out and told him he should have given it to an employee there; that he was disgusting and shameful for trying to steal someone else's property. Made me not want to go back to that location again. I have severe social anxiety and paranoia and he made it seem like I will always be robbed there. I know it's not logical but my body is still saying it will happen.
yeah but Android is easier to reset and reuse unlike apple
If I find a phone like at the gym or restaurant, I make sure to give it back to a manager for safe keeping. Its the right thing to do. Would want someone to do the same if they found my phone.
what’s the point in even saying that you have an android ?
@@cixen You shouldn’t have even replied then.
@ECHO OFF
@@taph. wha
I stay in South Africa. Here it is even a bigger problem. We hardly take our phones out. If you have a call you go into a store or safe place to answer it, or just wait until you are home and contact them back. As soon as you put your phone down or use it in public it's bound to be grabbed.
like... right out of your hand? that's super scary
@@inkterp5322100% especially if unlocked and using it
Like while your on the call
@@inkterp5322 i see you didn’t grow up or been in area where you can get physically assaulted in an open street 😂
If you store your "Life" at a piece of electronic device, you have a definitive bigger problem in your life than a stolen phone.
It's an expression. By that logic you think having a password manager is a problem.
No, theres other reasons a stolen phone hurts. Like for example it could have been a gift from a loved one 😢
@@Eunostos best password manager is an inconspicuous notebook with passwords that only you know what are for.
I swear Matt and brother orange made me cry. What a wholesome story, the only good thing out of this.
Oh
The dude was knowingly using a stolen phone, but ok.
@@kltil5082 In the case of shenzen it's a tossup on if its stolen parts or not, but usually it's stolen. That might have been the only place for the guy to get a phone used for an affordable price sadly.
When i was younger and going out to things, concerts, parties, we always secured our precious things or left them. Never lost a phone or anything.
I still do this when I go places. Don’t stand out.
Yeah my mom always told me: “put your precious things behind a zipper in front of you!!!!” She meant like a pocket or a bag with a zipper and not on your backside, i also never lost anything because of that
Same but i losed stuff all the time, so i had the bare cheapest phone to go out and a normal one for everyday.
I just noticed that my iPad had the feature of adding a trusted friend to help get back into or find your device.. now I completely understand why.. so glad that apple is stepping its game up to helping keep people from getting into your stolen device, but at the same time these hackers are also coming up with new ways to get around these features.. it’s honestly very sad with the way the world is now..
As someone with inside info, I can assure you Apple is collusion with the fraudsters. A lot of the employees are in on it. It's a billion dollar industry. All these tech guys making 6 figures on paper, is making a lot more than that.
I wonder what money the thieves get. After all phones are cheaper in china. It must be a small amount they(US theives) get paid unless these chinese dealers are getting bulk deals. I just don't get it.
@@siriusjones956 Not the phones, the data on the phones, like bank accounts, etc.
ngl, if my phone is stolen and becomes the first phone ever to end up in Antarctica, I won't even be mad at that point. Those penguins sneaky AF.
It's always important to Reset to factory your phones before selling it to stores, you never know where they're landed
You think that erases everything
@@fireteamomega2343I think so.
Why you have a doubt?
@@redwavetheinkling4640
I know it can because I've done it before. Just about any persistent data storage can be recovered. Once you understand how it erases it you can reverse it. I might lose a little data on the end but in phones it's even less than a hard drive wipe that rewrites zeros. It's often just a quick register shift to clear the initialization parameters for the hardware.
@@redwavetheinkling4640 actually it doesn't erase everything, a slightly technical inclined person can retrieve 90% of the data which was stored on the phone, I have once done it after accidentally deleting all the photos of my trip..well there's a solution for this, there are apps that overwrite the data after you format your phone so that your old data is completely erased and even if someone tries to retrieve it, they find gibberish overwritten data by the that app
Had my phone stolen in London on the first day of my trip. Knew where it is because of tracking, but police didnt do anything. Needless to say it ruined my trip
I can only imagine that horror you went tru im sorry that this happened to you 🙁
Don’t visit London, UK. Had my phone stolen there too, London is a toilet anyway
who told you to visit criminal and thief country?you didn't know that British have a stolen market?it's called muesium,stolen property from all over the world,a thief country...
I was born in Shenzhen China, actually heading back for summer break.
I know nobody wanted anyone to be hurt, but it kind of does. Seeing your favorite place in the entire world being the theft of more than 100 iphones.
You are not responsible for this happening. I know it’s disheartening. I’m sure the good Nigerians are just as disturbed by the scammers in there country.😢 We don’t want to think the place where we were born as anything other than perfect💔
Shenzhen is the city to buy stolen goods, I saw another video from another TH-camr showing Shenzhen as the "tech hub" all crooks from china. smh... now i know the tech hub is nothing but stolen electronics from other places.
its not just 100 phones, its billions of phones and laptops.
@@roblox21242 I know, I just didn't want to exaggerate.
Your country is the source of the world’s problems. Don’t forget Covid
Holy smokes, I was literally talking to a friend of mine yesterday about how my phone was stolen back in 2015. I was studying abroad in Thailand and was renting a home. For my birthday, my parents and came and visited. The night before my birthday, someone had broken, and stolen both mine and my parents phones. My dad and I had a Samsung and my mom had a iPhone. Somehow the individual who had stolen our phone had turned off the "Find My" on my mom's phone. Since we reported our phones stolen, my parents were able to get new phones as well get a SIM with the same numbers. I decided to get a new number with a new phone (as only my friends and parents had my old number). But this is where it gets weird, once every few months, my parents and I would get phone calls from my old phone (as my parents "technically" had the same number). Whenever we would answer the phone, we could hear people talking in Thai (and in some instances we could hear other asian languages being spoken). After almost about 6-8 months, the phone calls stoped all together. Fast forward to 2018, my parents and I decided to make a trip back to Thailand for the holidays, we were surprised to get another call again, and the same thing would occur. No one would answer us, but we could hear people talking in the background.
Weird
Be careful
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I would call the apple care line and ask what is going on and see if there is something they can turn off.
We all walk around casually carrying a cell worth $500+ avg everywhere we go.
We stuff it in back pockets, side pockets of purses, on seat/chair or table we’re sitting.
I’m surprised I don’t hear about it happening more often around me with my family & friends.
Dude the brother orange story has me tearing up 😭💗
Okay…love the story of the two guys actually connecting. This made my week. We should all take opportunities to connect. Great video!✊🏾
yes. now give me your phone
The brother orange story is awesome in a sad way.. guess there can be silver linings for some ❤
So many people have no idea that pickpockets are an even bigger thing now than ever before.
if losing your phone means losing your memories you had no memories to start with
Bro, what if you’re an artist and you’ve been taking pictures so that you can remember exactly what something you wanted to draw looks like? My memory isn’t reliable when I’m drawing backgrounds or objects 😭
I really appreciate the amount of time you and your team puts into researching these topics. They're always so well done and very thorough
There is only one moon🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘
The topics of "Stolen phones are reused for parts in China"? and "Don't give away your phone without resetting it or setting a password"?
This is why I never use my phone to pay in shops, never save passwords to sites that involve payments and generally never leave my phone in a backpocket or out of sight.
Brother orange and matt are so wholesome. Imagine them 15 years later like “Do you remember how me met” and hed be like “How could I forget”
Someone just stole my phone from EDC. First time went there...Confusion is like you cant even order uber or find friends if you by yourself at the moment
It went from stolen phones ending up in china into a full blown Bromance. I gotta say I was not expecting that plot twist
I love the Brother Orange story! Everything happens for a reason! Everyone we come across is meant for us!
Ugh! This happened to me! I got mugged just outside the hospital I work at 2 months ago. The phone is now in Shenzhen 😔
Omg! By who? Woman, man, homeless person? That's crazy. What'd they do?
Fly There And Give Em A Piece Of Your Mind
Would the police be more interested in locating a robber? I can see why a stolen phone is not worth the effort. But catching someone who is a thread to other’s lives always is.
keep posting where your phone went,the thief will keep on stealing your phone,a circle is what you get,next time don't try to catch the thief instead try to find out where does your fon goes around..😂😂😂😂😂
@@catmeows2031playsand the next day the thief will stole another phone again and you go there against,going circle...
This is why my phone is always in an inside pocket, a zippered pocket or a zipped bag that is attached to my person when I'm crowds. Always.
your phone lost, congrats, you got new friends
That Brother Orange thing 😂 😂 😂 I had to stop the video to laugh!! OMG it’s like a SouthPark episode lol!!
I still have my flip phone with no internet or smart screen. I dropped it in the store and went back and it was still on the floor. No even housekeeping want to touch it.
*THIS* is why I keep my phone and other valuables chained to me and constantly in my sight.
I never understood leaving your phone in your pocket. I tried it once, and felt paranoid for the rest of the day.
Where else are you gonna put it?
@@e-curb thats what i thought
As opposed to gluing it to your ear permanently...?
Exactly.
@@e-curb. In a bag strapped to your body.
1. Unless you dump/backup your photos, files etc at least once a year to an external hard drive lol. 2. "This lady picketing pocketing me yesterday" haha! 🤣
I'm amazed at how many people (mainly women) walk about with their phones poking out of their back pocket. They might as well put a label on it saying "steal me".
Sadly in today's world, pretty much.
The Brother Orange and Matt story was so wholesome I love it😭😭
What kills me is the iPhone can be remotely locked. The thief would have to do a factory reset.
a factory reset on iphone does nothing because you’ll still be locked out by icloud
I tried this on an iPhone that was iCloud (Activation) Locked. Putting it through recovery and even reinstalling iOS does nothing because it’s all server side. The phone’s serial number is essentially blacklisted until the original owner lifts the lock.
@@Iridiumcosmos still, there are inside people in Apple or in law enforcement that can, for a fee, unlock the stolen phone for a new owner. It's not impossible. I've seen software that is used to do this, mostly for forensics.
I feel bad remembering my stolen Samsung S8+ which i used for only 2 Months it was newly released at that time… A few days later I saw on find my Phone app that my phone is currently in Algeria, my heart dropped. And I remember I pass through a group that could be originally from there when I lost it. Ever since then I have a hard time trusting people from that region and been extra careful when around them. I kinda feel bad feeling this way around them but I always tie it to this incident.
It was devastating because it had an SD Card with all the photos and memories I took transferred from my old phones.
I feel bad because my stolen phone was a gift from my mom 😢 im sorry about your phone and photos
honestly with all these people holding their phones up at concerts im surprised people are not just getting them out of their hands then disappearing into the crowd
0:14 "years of memories are completely lost". Well only if you fail to do backups and/or cloud storage, as any sensible person should do.
"Phones stolen from the U.S have been found in every continent except Antarctica. " *I have plans that i cannot share with you right now*
No clue why this wasn't mentioned- but ALL of the software attacks used to override IOS on stolen phones is prevented with lockdown mode.
Lockdown mode prevents computers from talking to the phone parts meaning the motherboard and touch sensor - both items wanted - become useless. (they attempt software overrides to retain use of motherboard) You won't get your phone back but they won't get as much use out of it. Devices are stolen for their motherboards, batteries and touch sensor. Motherboard and Touch ID becomes useless once lock-down is on.
If its stolen how to put it in that mode?
You can fast forward to 5:40 to save time from the 5 min repeated info
THANK YOU
I dont care. But thanks, youre saving some poeple some time.
That Brother Orange story was so awesome!
There's no point of buying a £1000 phone, when all these phones do the same thing, my phone costs £99 brand-new and I've never failed to do anything with it.
try running any game at max settings, competing with a dslr camera and matching the quality of a 2k tv with your 100 pound phone
These newer models should come with a self destruct option. Totally worth 1000 bucks then
iPhones have self destruct option. Sort of. After 10 failed attempts to unlock the phone, it erases itself.
only 10? imagine having a toddler trying to open your phone.....@@pinkdragoon8199
the fact that years ago when I was younger and my father was doing drugs, he stole me and my moms phones and sold them. I did not expect this
I hope you're ok now. It's terrible some family does that to each other. Some people have their lives on their phones. There's a video of a grandma cooking her grandkid's big pet fish. I think those things stealing, even from family. Family needs respect and boundaries too. Otherwise they break up for want of freedom.
@@user-gu9yq5sj7c thanks I appreciate it
i mean it doesnt matter if you have find my iphone because police wont track it down even if its in the thiefs home as its 'not a reliable source'. that happened to us on two seperate occasions over the year and they refused to go get it because it wasnt enough evidence lol
Yeah I've been telling people that whenever it happens at festivals cuz it's so common it'll help you find your phone but the police won't do anything about it even if you show them to their face where your phone is. You pretty much have to go get it yourself or provide more evidence which is ridiculous. Pretty much a useless feature if your phone gets stolen. It's essentially only if you lose your phone
If mine shows up, i will go wherever it is, i dont care 😠
In the 90's I lost TWO bicycles in one week. Reported to the police (just for information) but a couple of years later police discovered a wide theft net all leading back to the same repair shop. He paid well for parts.
Just make sure your phone is backed up on the cloud and get insurance.
It's not like a diary, you can get back every photo and bit of information to put on a new phone.
Also, there is no freaking fate.
Imagine forking over money for a concert ticket but being too stingy to pay $3 on a festival slingbag with zippers that face towards you.
Good point 🤔
Imagine victim blaming because you think you're better than someone
@@mrpickles-hb6zx it's not victim blaming if you're being a pickpocket victim, you share blame 50/50 for not securing your stuff. If you're being mugged with a weapon it's a different story, not much you could do.
Imagine throwing "victim blaming" around, as if it absolves the responsibility of avoiding avoidable situations.
@faucon.t Semantics. Does it even matter after the fact? So per that example, what would you prefer, they remain ignorant, and be pickpocketed again, or...? Their wallet, their choice, after all, but in my opinion they should at least be aware of the possibility, and of the fact they could have prevented that outcome by making a sensible choice.
@faucon.t deal with it
I took a different approach, I cut my relationship with my phone. If someone took my phone I would not even bother chasing them. I do not care if my phone gets stolen. Never buy the newest model. Do not keep things on your phone only. Go buy a notebook and copy down numbers you need. Stop with the pictures. Get rid of social media. Turn it off every night. Your anxiety level will go way down.
Turn it off every night. what does that do with anxiety of getting your phone stolen? curious
The thing is many people have their social IDs and other important info like bank accounts and other things in their phone, so a phone theft is more concerning for them simply because someone could use their own info to do bad things that would make them look bad to the bystanders
Best advice on here!
@@sujeewarathnaweera if you turn it off every night you typically will not: reach for it if you wake in the night, reach for it the second you wake, hear and bings or notification messages if someone texts you etc.. all that will help bring anxiety down. It help you relax more
@@redfo3009 I love my iPhone & I’m definitely not ready to live w/o it, but I DO keep the ringer & all alerts permanently muted. Lowers my anxiety level, because it stops me from feeling like I need to immediately jump up & respond to calls & texts, so instead, I just get to them when I get to them. I’m probably the only person I know who silences their phone like this, but I swear, it’s life changing!
My mom's phone got stolen in a mall at Vancouver not even an hour after getting a call from her. Then the person who took it back to there apartment, a week later it went to China, and about a month later it was back in the same area of the apartment.
Cops would definitely not help if your phone was stolen cuz they don't want to go around a general area to look for something that they have no idea would be yours.
where your phone goes after stolen is not important for you,educated your country and make your country free from criminal and thief and the problem will be solve.
Beside the problems a stolen or lost phone causes for the owner, the story shown here about Bro Orange and Matt is very nice. Love it.
The whole black market phone thing sucks - just another reason for me not to waste money on an iphone...but the Matt and Brother Orange story is the best thing I've heard in years. I love it. 😊😊
I keep my phone in a side case with a rubber band around it. Takes effort to get it out.
wow.. if i was in Matt's position, I'd either marry or wants to stay with them haha xD This is inspirational but also informative on Whats going on in China and how normal folks information and other valuables are running rampant for hackers out there... This makes me wanna change every password now lol
I can already tell that this is going to be bad 😶
alot of people won't have their phones again
Living in a third world gave me a perk. Being watchful & guarding my phone in crowded place is a default and i do it subconsciously. We learn to value it more, not only for the saved memories, but its gonna cost us months of salary to afford a new iphone
And iPhone users + Apple, still saying "iPhone is more secure than android"
Things like this is one of the reasons I never go out.
My phone is holstered in a belt loop on my hip and I never go to crowded venues. If a thief somehow still manages to get my phone from me they will end up with my ... flip phone LOL
“omg brother orange!” this is so cute omg
The fact that I actually live in Shenzhen is scary💀
"Private conversations, personal photos, and years of memories are completely lost." Why don't people that rely so much on their phones enable backups ?
It’s not that you lost them, it’s the fact someone else now has access to them.
Edit because I went on a pointless rant
People today just don't take privacy and security seriously.....
People steal anything that's not nailed down too...
How can they? Our data and privacy are sold to the highest bidder in every single form.
You simply have to use a Linux operating system now...
You can't trust big tech with your data anyway...
Mobile phones and tablets using Android and Apple's IOS are just spy appliances...
You can hang with the crowd and just be wimpy like everyone else...
If you haven't learned to be PROACTIVE after all that's happened since 2020, there's no hope for you...peace.
I farted in the elevator and 4 other people heard me. That is disturbing.
brother orange is a good brother frfr
So sad that this was the biggest love story they heard in their whole life tbh
12:52 the two guys hanging out over a stolen iPhone is awesome🤣
Always back up your photos and important documents and better yet, move them entirely to safer storage
My classmate got her phone stolen and 3 days later she found it for sale in a random shop in my city
_There’s probably a refurb sweat shop, sellers, buyers, retail shops etc. Some type of organized crime thing maybe. SMDH!_ PATHETIC.🤯😳😫😡
Ellen being perplexed, like taking selfies while buying oranges is mysterious. Because everyone knows going to the bathroom is the best time for selfies.
I love that last part.
People were telling him that it was the start of his love story. Truly gold. 😂
Matt's story is greater than Titanic love story. True phone friendship never fails. Never ends.
Prevention shouldn't be the key. Instead, Punishment should be it. Thieves will think twice if they want to risk 10 years in prison for a phone. The current slaps on the wrist are laughable and are no deterrent at all.
6:53 wait does that mean this did actually got his phone back?
My iPhone was stolen out of my house a couple years ago but turns out it was the neighborhood crackhead. 🤷♀️ Story #2- Went to the bathroom and left my phone on the counter. Noticed immediately it was gone, grabbed my friends phone and called it and it rang in some random dude’s pocket. I had it set to flash colors when it rang so not only did I hear it, I SAW it through his pocket! 😂
Why'd you leave your phone on the counter? I could never do that, I'm always holding on to my phone, especially in public places💀
You’re not bright
@@alicelong3613 My bachelors degree would say otherwise…
@@TeddyLovesAxl you have a bachelors degree in common sense?
@@TeddyLovesAxl degrees have nothing to do with intelligence
Long, ridiculous story. But doesn’t really talk about stolen phones with anything useful.
I would request customs officers to thoroughly check shipments containing phones, iPads, laptops, notepads, and other such electronics and turn on the devices to check if they have been marked stolen and also record imei numbers for the items to be tagged to the sender so atleast the sender can be held accountable if the package includes any device reported stolen.